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慌てる (あわてる, awateru) Japanese meaning: panic | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 慌てる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 慌あわ てる 慌あわ てない Polite 慌あわ てます 慌あわ てません Past polite 慌あわ てました 慌あわ てませんでした Past 慌あわ てた 慌あわ てなかった Te-form 慌あわ てて 慌あわ てないで Desire 慌あわ てたい 慌あわ てたくない Potential 慌あわ てられる also 慌あわ てれる 慌あわ てられない also 慌あわ てれない Passive 慌あわ てられる 慌あわ てられない Causative 慌あわ てさせる 慌あわ てさせない Causative passive 慌あわ てさせられる 慌あわ てさせられない Volitional 慌あわ てよう Polite volitional 慌あわ てましょう Imperative 慌あわ てろ 慌あわ てるな Conditional 慌あわ てれば 慌あわ てなければ Tara conditional 慌あわ てたら 慌あわ てなかったら
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During an earthquake, don't panic and rush outside.
He got flustered during the exam and made a mistake on an easy question.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 慌あわ てる to panic over/at something
I panicked at the sudden question.
慌あわ てて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something in a hurry/panic
I rushed out of the house because I thought I'd be late.
慌あわ てず 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something calmly, without panicking
Please explain calmly, without rushing.
Kanji 慌 disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head 周 circumference, circuit, lap 章 badge, chapter, composition Related words· 8 焦る emphasizes impatience or pressure to get something done, while 慌てる focuses on the confusion and loss of composure that follows a surprise.
うろたえる stresses visible bewilderment and not knowing what to do, whereas 慌てる more broadly covers panicked haste as well as mental fluster.
急ぐ is a neutral verb for moving or acting quickly, while 慌てる implies that the haste comes from panic or a loss of composure.
早まる describes acting rashly or too soon, while 慌てる emphasizes the flustered panic that often causes such hasty action.
Show 4 more 慌てる stresses a hurried, panicky reaction to surprise, while 取り乱す focuses on losing emotional composure, often over a longer episode.
あわてる is a verb meaning 'to panic' or 'get flustered', while あたふた is an adverb describing the flustered, hurried manner itself.
騒ぐ in the sense of losing composure overlaps with 慌てる, but 慌てる focuses narrowly on hurried panic, while 騒ぐ can also imply fussing or complaining aloud.
Word family great haste; mad rush; panic
scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person · rash person; hasty person
panic; get flustered; lose one's cool
Written forms 慌あわ てる Usage 44%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
あわてる Usage 55%
Kana spelling is common in informal writing and when the kanji is not needed.
周あ 章わ てる Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; not commonly used in modern Japanese.
Etymology Derived from the adjective 慌ただしい (あわただしい, 'busy, hurried'), with the verb-forming suffix 〜てる. The kanji 慌 carries meanings of confusion and haste.
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慌てる focuses on hurried panic or haste, whereas まごつく centers on not knowing what to do rather than rushing.
